Korg DW-8000

DW-8000

Take Korg's first digitally controlled analog synth hybrid (DW-6000) two steps higher and you get the more
popular DW-8000. Sound is digitally generated from the DWGS (Digital
Waveform Generator System) and has been doubled from 8 sampled digital
waveforms to 16 simple analog to complex digital waveforms. The DW-8000
has 8 voice polyphony in two modes, or one monophonic mode with all
eight voices stacked. The analog VCF resonant filter and VCA both have
independent ADBSSR envelopes. Parameters can be altered in real time via
a single programmable slider. There are 64 presets that can be
reprogrammed by the user.

EX-8000

In comparison to the DW-6000, the DW-8000
expanded to 8 notes polyphony, 16 sampled waveforms, a velocity
sensitive keyboard with programmable aftertouch, auto-bend, a simple
arpeggiator and a digital delay unit. The Digital Delay was an
astonishing goody for the time, offering up to 512ms delay, phasing,
flanging, chorusing and other time effects. Both the Arpeggiator,
Auto-Bend and Digital Delay make this synth an inspiring and great
sounding machine to use for great 303 basslines, techno and house bass
and synth sounds and more! The EX-8000 (pictured above) is a rackmount
version of the DW-8000. Several 3rd-party developers offered expansion
boards for the DW-8000 providing up to 1024 presets, layered sounds,
keyboard splits and Sample+Hold for the LFO. Though later overshadowed
by the M1, the DW-8000 has been used by Divine
Masquerade, Juno Reactor, Depeche Mode, Dream Theater, Joe Zawinul,
and Keith Emerson.

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